Iron-Promoted Intramolecular Cascade Cyclization for the Synthesis of Selenophene-Fused, Quinoline-Based Heteroacenes

J Org Chem. 2019 Jul 5;84(13):8602-8614. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01061. Epub 2019 Jun 25.

Abstract

Herein, we report the Fe(III)-promoted linear intramolecular cascade cyclization of 1,3-diyne and 1,3,5-triyne for the construction of selenophene-fused, quinoline-based heteroacene scaffolds. In one step, 1,3-diyne and 1,3,5-triyne were cyclized via diversified internal nucleophiles by using diorganyl diselenides. The diorganyl diselenide plays dual role, one as a cyclizing agent and second as insertion of one and/or two selenium atom and one R'-Se group in the final product. This is highly important in terms of atom economy. Diversified internal nucleophiles were used to afford quinoline- and acridine-based cores. The synthesized selenophene-fused derivatives showed λmax, Fmax, and Φf values in the range from 370-411 nm, 427-472 nm, and 0.003-0.059, respectively, in dichloromethane solvent.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't